Take on College Admissions in Poetry Form

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<p>Hi all. My friend has a friend who entered a poetry contest that addressed one aspect of the admissions process. I thought it would be interesting to share the winning poems with you...some really make good points. Enjoy!</p>

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<p>Most adcoms tell you not to do this. However, I've known several people who wrote some darn good prose for their essays ( including my mom) and got into the colleges of choice. The catch is that it better be darn good!</p>

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<p>Those are really good. I love the Robert Frost parody one.</p>

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<p>Those were great! Thanks for sharing.</p>

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<p>taxguy, those weren't college essays. They were winners of a poetry contest in which the subject of the poem was the college admissions process -- pretty clever ones, too!</p>

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<p>I loved the one that begins I'm seventeen, sir. It captures perfectly the feelings aroused in the normal 17-year old about having to write about his or her unique qualities, experiences, yadda,yadda.</p>

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<p>Hmm, from the title of the post, "Take on College Admissions in Poetry Form," I thought they wanted to use a poem as their essay. Nevertheless, I loved the poems.</p>